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claim No maa space ike THIS nlan -
reference i tank rot no much t0llhs mAt-
Ter a. - the manner II It's speech 10 His
Trsisg.s-s persuasion. lis GOd-ike mlsu.
Ills more than K4bblDeai authority. Not
that HIS 0rds were 80 original. or tat
ii - Interpretation 81 ali truth Has 20 nsw
snd fresh. 80 fll of spirituality and life.
Nos the question arises To shat are Ne
10 attribute he CREST success u Jesus a.
teacher II u0i T. his writings nor 70 the or
iginaiity OF bis utteIances' Plato wrote
Plato lives. Homer wrote. Homer lives
Jesus Christ wrote not yet Jesus snrlst
lives. To What quality then. ia tue face Of
these facts, are Sc % refer tie magnificent
eOnqussts X the last ls0) years. This,
friends. is the questiOA that Aglfates the
World OF thinkers who must abide By the
axiom TheFever i may ieai them, that
every effect must have cause adequate %
prodace Il Nothing was ever begottea Of
nothing. Institutions that get established
snd OoIls up III the world are built up on
something. They have an origin ana al
originator commensurate With themselves.
They are not the product OF chance. Here
then is = f1rce-a prodlgious force. IL has
revOlutiOuized society. il has lifted man
out Of himself Ii has changel the face Ot
the world on one haud. coDQuering giant
and defiant hes hel d, "a corrupt and big
Oted priesthood, a fegaecuuug. WOrl1-cOn-
qgering STATE. a proud aud reasoning
philosophy, subtle aud injurious sceptic
ism and saeering aud malignant fidelity.
and On che other hanG Producing a liner
moraiitY. a broader Charity, more wide
spread praise than the world ever saw before
so changing the world for the better tbGt
Schreunscaer vel saws: 10 abolish
Chri~t ITO pluck up by The roots ali that
T. krrest aad noblest ia the worlds ciyiliLa-
ton.'
Whence came this new evangel. this
divine institution. th.s holy religion. "Iou
soy. from Jesus Christ SO years ago. 81
tar time. But another question. What was
II IN Chgist. the divine founder. lfOg the
stream cannot rise ABOVE It's source that
has given Christianity lis grand. ua-
psralieled kpanding gr)wth.' Wha
vas II Ia Him that has held the oest M in1 Of
humanity for these thousands OF years, pc
cause OF which age ard races. zone and
latiipdes have be-n agiiatei nay cOnvuised
BY Hi- narae aad fame" To this question
the intslhgent Christian gave but one
answer. Jesus OF Nazareth IS what He has
proved himself 20 De. the mlghtisst force
among men, because the only being the
world has ever seen. who. At all times aud ia
al circumstances, illustrate in His life The
doctrines of his mind. the only being that
ever thoroughly blended theory and
practice. sounlness o. morsl principle with
perfect purity Of privste and public actions
the only being that has ever set forth be
fore humanitg unb,emisbed representative
manhood thoroughly cOnfOrmei to the will
o. God, the only being among ali the
tseming millions Of earth's heroes aad
martyrs. pailanIhropis,s and saints Of
whom it msy De SAID. with un qualified
'rUtbfIlle5s. ID tie absolute literal sense of
tue words: "He went about doing g1oi"-
doing absolutely because unadei. doing
good because in al HI. acs thore is - be
found nOwB - ia'ut OF sin, suspicion OF
sslfness ins.a'-.siOis
The world has not appreciated this. Mys-
tics shr1ui our LOrd in the himsy rob Of
insip'd sentiment. RslOna.ists cali him an
inspired fanatic. building more wisely than
he knew Naturalists rob hiul OF his di-
yinjsy, refusing him - the levsi Of Moses
or samuel. Rsnar Gnd Strauss explain
him away as myth or fabulous hero man
uiaciuret to point q moral or
sdorn tale All here is phiia-
nthropy unneasured aud imme9surable -
surprising that Of Wi'berforce and
HOwarf as tie sun surpasses the stars in
the beauty and raiiaacs and benedence of
its superior iignt We are rot sGrgrised
that me spiritually min ied cha1ninc should
stanl IN Imagination before the cross
# CHRIST and lll the exclamation. Here is
loves Ilimita0leass.. for Il e died f0. tie
whole w0ra.-lOves inexhausiiole plaza
biltv, fuT lie diet Tor enemies whose hands
we.e seeking for His blood d-i0Fes far
reaching . nI i0- lie died to give to a fallen
world "a imn 1rtaliy Of oiss at the right
hs1u a tile msiesfy or bigh.'
.. fr ends se'ieve me. jesus Christ was a
uel"s-flF 81 Gre world be.oga r. became a
ffct, ald tie became a fac. evident 20 Cod
and uaR lhat AZ Eas a necessity Humaui-
y demanded tnai somewhere along its lire
% be one 40 lsast. who in the midss o. seas
~ cuiae sni sccaus OF uaaaess AMI
di4DoHsm, could b0ta ba COOL and - g00i.
naturally uJlf3fcly. couD8uou y. Que
c9ald show ipfetaas Toue never cooi-a
ai-h ihar would never tsiA-a light that
would never 3 ker--a hoBe thas would
never HsDe. hg ever shire a a ,oadsiar
across the darkness 20 our experience. 10
sn9rt q Iar est aunssl liie q rounded. COM
p.eie hnuhn c3araefer 5a8h one was
Jesus tss iln8 acuiate s1n 0f Mary. tae
Oaiy le.0t5sn o. tle 8ernsi Father.